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Any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. All funds received pursuant to a settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order relating to consumer protection claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids that are intended to be used for opioid abatement or remediation, excluding funds designated for transfer to the Opioid Abatement Authority established under this chapter and funds designated for transfer to participating localities, as defined in \u00a7 2.2-2365, pursuant to an agreement between the Attorney General and those participating localities, shall be deposited by the Office of the Attorney General in such amounts into the Fund, or appropriated for such purpose, and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Any moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use disorder or the misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid epidemic, or for any other approved purposes to the extent that such purposes are described in a related settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order. To the degree practicable, the implementation and maintenance of performance measures associated with the use of such funds shall be documented and remitted to the Opioid Abatement Authority upon request. 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All funds received pursuant to a settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order relating to consumer protection claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids that are intended to be used for opioid abatement or remediation, excluding funds designated for transfer to the Opioid Abatement Authority established under this chapter and funds designated for transfer to participating localities, as defined in \u00a7 2.2-2365, pursuant to an agreement between the Attorney General and those participating localities, shall be deposited by the Office of the Attorney General in such amounts into the Fund, or appropriated for such purpose, and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Any moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use disorder or the misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid epidemic, or for any other approved purposes to the extent that such purposes are described in a related settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order. To the degree practicable, the implementation and maintenance of performance measures associated with the use of such funds shall be documented and remitted to the Opioid Abatement Authority upon request. 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 717<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76696,"section_number":"2.2-2365","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2365\/"}],"permalink":{"id":174143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54536,"identifier":"2.2-2377","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/12\/2.2-2377","url":"\/2.2-2377\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2377\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/12\/2.2-2377","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2377","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created in the state<\/span> treasury a special nonreverting fund<\/span> to be known as the Commonwealth<\/span> Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund<\/span>, referred to in this section as “the Fund<\/span>.” The Fund<\/span> shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall remain in the Fund<\/span> and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund<\/span> at the end of each fiscal year, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund<\/span> but shall remain in the Fund<\/span>. All funds<\/span> received pursuant to a settlement<\/span>, judgment<\/span>, verdict<\/span>, or other court order<\/span> relating to consumer protection claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids that are intended to be used for opioid abatement or remediation, excluding funds<\/span> designated for transfer to the Opioid Abatement Authority<\/span> established under this chapter and funds<\/span> designated for transfer to participating localities, as defined in \u00a7 2.2-2365<\/a>, pursuant to an agreement between the Attorney General<\/span> and those participating localities, shall be deposited by the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> in such amounts into the Fund<\/span>, or appropriated for such purpose, and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds<\/span> received on its behalf shall be paid into the state<\/span> treasury and credited to the Fund<\/span>. Any moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall be used solely for the purposes of efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use disorder or the misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid epidemic, or for any other approved purposes to the extent that such purposes are described in a related settlement<\/span>, judgment<\/span>, verdict<\/span>, or other court order<\/span>. To the degree practicable, the implementation and maintenance of performance measures associated with the use of such funds<\/span> shall be documented and remitted to the Opioid Abatement Authority<\/span> upon request. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund<\/span> shall be made by the State<\/span> Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed pursuant to the appropriation act.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OPIOID ABATEMENT AND REMEDIATION FUND (\u00a7 2.2-2377)\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be\nknown as the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund, referred to in\nthis section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the\nbooks of the Comptroller. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in\nthe Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of\neach fiscal year, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year\nshall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. All funds\nreceived pursuant to a settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order\nrelating to consumer protection claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing,\ndistribution, or sale of opioids that are intended to be used for opioid\nabatement or remediation, excluding funds designated for transfer to the Opioid\nAbatement Authority established under this chapter and funds designated for\ntransfer to participating localities, as defined in \u00a7 2.2-2365, pursuant to an\nagreement between the Attorney General and those participating localities, shall\nbe deposited by the Office of the Attorney General in such amounts into the\nFund, or appropriated for such purpose, and any gifts, donations, grants,\nbequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state\ntreasury and credited to the Fund. Any moneys in the Fund shall be used solely\nfor the purposes of efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use disorder or\nthe misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid epidemic, or\nfor any other approved purposes to the extent that such purposes are described\nin a related settlement, judgment, verdict, or other court order. To the degree\npracticable, the implementation and maintenance of performance measures\nassociated with the use of such funds shall be documented and remitted to the\nOpioid Abatement Authority upon request. Expenditures and disbursements from the\nFund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller\nupon written request signed pursuant to the appropriation act.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 717.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}